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Stoppaniceras ellipticum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites ellipticus was named by Hauer (1887).

It was recombined as Semiornites ellipticus by Kutassy (1933); it was recombined as Paraceratites ellipticus by Spath (1934); it was recombined as Stoppaniceras ellipticum by Vörös (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ceratites ellipticus Hauer
1933Semiornites ellipticus Kutassy
1934Paraceratites ellipticus Spath
1986Ceratites ellipticus Brack and Rieber p. 202 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,6; pl 5, fig 2
2018Stoppaniceras ellipticum Vörös p. 105 figs. Pl 26, figs 2-4; text-fig 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusStoppanicerasRieber 1973
speciesellipticum(Hauer 1887)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Serbia and Montenegro Paraceratites ellipticus (215192)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Lombardy) Stoppaniceras ellipticum (44551 44554)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Stoppaniceras ellipticum (92046 199832 199873 199874)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Hungary Stoppaniceras ellipticum (92049)